清 竹根雕葫蘆藤蔓紋蓋盒“大生”款

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英文品名：A BAMBOO-ROOT GOURD-SHAPED BOX AND COVER, SIGNED "DASHENG" 尺寸：L:15cm;H:6cm 竹根雕葫蘆形蓋盒。作上下雙肚葫蘆狀，蓋與身渾成。器表淺浮雕葫蘆藤蔓、枝葉，小葫蘆垂綴其間，作子孫滿藤之勢，器壁陰刻「大生」二字並綴方印。竹皮棗紅瑩潤，細刻葉脈，為清代文房儲物盒。葫蘆諧「福祿」，又因藤蔓綿延、結實繁盛，象徵子孫萬代。古代神仙如李鐵拐即懸葫蘆於腰，內藏靈藥；葫蘆亦為道教暗八仙之一。清代文房多以竹根、黃楊雕葫蘆小盒，盛藥、盛印泥、盛針線，取福祿綿長之意。此件小葫蘆綴於大葫蘆之藤，即子牽蔓、蔓結子之吉祥圖式。 A bamboo-root gourd-shaped box and cover. It takes the form of a double-bodied gourd, lid and body as one. The surface is carved in low relief with gourd vines, leaves and small fruits trailing between them, suggesting offspring along the vine; the wall bears the incised signature "Dasheng" followed by a square seal. The bamboo skin is of a lustrous date-red, veins finely incised. The gourd (hulu) puns on fortune and emolument; because its vine trails and bears many fruits, it also symbolises many descendants. The immortals, including Li Tieguai, carry gourds containing elixir; the gourd is one of the Eight Immortals' hidden emblems. Qing studios used bamboo-root or boxwood gourd boxes to hold medicine, ink-paste or sewing items. Here small gourds trail from the large one, the traditional wish for lasting progeny.

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